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5th January 2012

Halo wins Broker Innovation of the Year

Halo Insurance Services has won Broker Innovation of the Year at the 2011 Insurance Times Awards. The Awards took place on December 6th in London. Bridges Ventures would like to congratulate them on this outstanding achievement.

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12th December 2011

Bridges Ventures holds £72 million first close of third Flagship Fund

Evidence that institutional investors increasingly recognise that generating positive social or environmental impact can drive attractive financial returns Bridges Ventures today announces the launch of its sustainable growth fund, Bridges Ventures Fund III (“Fund III”) with a first close on equity commitments of £72 million.  This sum is almost equal to the final close of […]

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28th November 2011

Bridges Sustainable Property Fund invests in Elmbridge Court

Bridges Ventures, the sustainable growth investor, has acquired a £4m office development at Elmbridge Court, Gloucester and has simultaneously sold part of the site to a third party. The site is located in a prominent position adjacent to the A40 between Cheltenham and Gloucester and comprises 25 self-contained office buildings providing 44,000 sq ft of […]

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25th January 2012

Bridges Ventures appoints Head of Impact

London, 25 January, 2012: Bridges Ventures (‘Bridges’) today announced that Clara Barby has joined the firm as Head of Impact, in a newly-created role working closely with the investment teams of each of Bridges’ funds. Clara will lead the impact strategy throughout the firm’s three-stage “SET” process for making and measuring social and environmental impact.  […]

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19th October 2011

Bridges Ventures awarded a commendation at BVCA Responsible Investment Awards

We are pleased to announce that Bridges Ventures have been awarded a commendation at the inaugural BVCA Responsible Investment Awards, recognising private equity and venture capital companies who have made a notable commitment to the responsible investment agenda. The awards, presented by Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, at the BVCA Summit in Central London […]

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7th December 2011

Bridges Ventures becomes a Limited Partnership

Bridges Ventures is pleased to announce that it has converted from a Limited Company to a Limited Liability Partnership (“LLP”). We believe that a formal partnership structure will be more flexible and efficient and better reflects the ethos of the business and the way in which it has been run since its foundation in 2002. […]

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1st August 2011

Bridges Ventures announces first close of Healthcare Property Fund in partnership with Castleoak Group

London, 1 August, 2011 – Bridges Ventures, the sustainable growth investor, and Castleoak, one of the UK’s leading healthcare developers, announced today that they have completed a £32 million first close of investment into their Healthcare Property Fund (the “Fund”). With borrowings, the Fund will have an initial investment capacity of over £50m and Bridges […]

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27th June 2011

Bridges Ventures named in ImpactAssets Global 50

London, 27 June 2011: Bridges Ventures, the sustainable growth investor, has been named in the ImpactAssets 50 – a global list of the top 50 private investment managers that successfully deliver social and environmental value as well as financial returns. Bridges Ventures was recognised as bridging the gap between competitive investor returns and the social […]

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30th September 2011

The Hoxton wins Best UK Hotel for the third year in a row

The Hoxton Hotel have just been awarded Best UK Hotel at the Guardian and Observer Travel Awards for the third year in a row! Bridges Ventures would like to congratulate them on this fantastic achievement.

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5th December 2011

CarePlaces Fund completes first round of acquisitions

Following its successful first closing in July, the CarePlaces Fund, a partnership between Bridges Ventures and Castleoak, has completed its first round of acquisitions by acquiring three sites for care homes in Basingstoke, Tewkesbury and Uckfield with a combined development value of £25m. The Basingstoke project has already completed with developments of the other sites […]

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21st June 2010

Chancerygate and Bridges Ventures invest in student housing development

Chancerygate and Bridges Ventures today announce a new partnership to develop student housing in London in a desirable area near the City. The partnership has acquired a key site located in Zone 1, between Aldgate East and Whitechapel tube stations, which will provide easy access to London Metropolitan University and convenient transport links to other […]

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26th February 2010

Bridges Sustainable Property Fund backs Castleoak

Bridges Ventures and care sector specialist developer, Castleoak, today announce that terms have been agreed for a development partnership involving an initial equity investment by the Bridges Sustainable Property Fund of £5 million. The investment will be used in a joint venture arrangement to fund a series of pre-let Barchester Healthcare care home development projects […]

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